In 2023, beloved pop-rock quartet BOYS LIKE GIRLS, made their highly anticipated return to the scene with the release of their album SUNDAY AT FOXWOODS, their first album in over a decade. BOYS LIKE GIRLS frontman Martin Johnson has written and produced for artists like Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, and Jason Derulo over the years, and he was able to bring that experience into the writer’s room when creating the album. The result was a sound that resonates with their original fanbase while also appealing to a new generation of fans: classic yet evolved, demonstrating the perspective and growth gained during their time away.
Just days after the release of SUNDAY AT FOXWOODS, the band took the stage on October 26, 2023, at Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park for a sold-out hometown show. They are now set to release THE HOMECOMING (LIVE FROM THE MGM MUSIC HALL AT FENWAY PARK), a live record capturing the 100-minute set showcasing BOYS LIKE GIRLS in their most natural element: on stage. Fans can pre-save the album, which is set to release September 8 via Fearless Records, now.
Alongside the announcement of the album, the band has shared a video of “Blood and Sugar,” live from MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park.
Speaking about the live record, Martin Johnson reflects:
“Fenway Park. The shrine. The cathedral of Boston. Where curses broke, where beers were spilled, where you can feel the city’s heartbeat under green tin and red clay. You don’t just visit Fenway — you belong to it. I was baptized in peanut shells and piss-warm Bud Light. I sat in seats older than my grandfather’s bad decisions and prayed to the church of Big Papi. It was ours. And then… they dug under it. Right into the bones of Lansdowne Street — into the bedrock of garage bands, bar fights, and rat nests the size of golden retrievers. They carved out the MGM Music Hall like a secret lair, a rebel bunker under the battlefield.
“I came up with a generation raised on Dunkin’ Donuts and driven half-mad by traffic on Storrow Drive. We were kids with guitars slung over our backs like bayonets, howling through rusted-out PA systems in the backrooms of American Legions, screaming songs into the linoleum void of church basements while the Sox blew another lead in the 7th. We grew up in the shadow of the Big Dig — a $22 billion pothole we all paid for with our sanity — swallowing granite and history, trying to make room for a future nobody asked for. But under all that concrete? Something was rumbling.
“We were born in abandoned warehouse practice spaces in Haverhill humidity, Charlestown cold, and Taunton’s forgotten back alleys where the floorboards creaked like old Fenway seats and the walls sweated ambition and mildew. Nights under buzzing lights, sleeping above tanning salons, hustling out of the back of Southie dance studios while the Red Line screamed overhead like it knew something we didn’t. This wasn’t L.A. This wasn’t Brooklyn with its oat milk and self-awareness. This was Boston — revolutionary blood in the bricks, blue-collar fists in the drywall, a city that builds bands like it builds bridges: loud, stubborn, and willing to fall apart a few times before getting it right.
“We played Knights of Columbus halls and churches in Allston packed with sweaty teenagers who still believed in anthems. We got hit with beer bottles and baseballs outside Bill’s Bar. Those anthems carried us around the world a hundred times and back again. And then… twelve years of silence. No encores. No curtain calls. Just echoes.
“But now — we’re back. Back where it started. Under the lights in Fenway’s guest house, on a stage built for second chances. A stage for believers and for the ones who never left the pit. This isn’t just a show. It’s a resurrection. Live from the MGM Music Hall at Fenway Park — this is Boys Like Girls. This is The Homecoming.”
The band is currently on a tour across North America, supporting the Jonas Brothers on their Greetings From Your Hometown tour while also squeezing in their own headlining dates for their Basements to Bleachers tour and appearing on multiple festival lineups.
Regarding the Basements to Bleachers tour, the band shared, “There’s something romantic about the in-between, the motels with busted ice machines, and kids holding hand-painted signs in cities the agents and ‘A market’ runs forgot existed. We didn’t. We remembered. Carving up North America one last time on a record cycle that brought us around the globe three times and back. This time, a heap of dates supporting The Jonas Brothers, a couple festivals, and headlining dates in between. Two stadiums, 9 arenas, 9 amphitheaters, six festivals, five clubs…from July to October. From dive bars to domes. From basements to bleachers. This ain’t nostalgia. It’s a celebration of survival. Of coming back swinging when the world forgot you were in the ring. See you on the road.”
Be sure to catch BOYS LIKE GIRLS as they make their way through a city near you! They put on a show you won’t want to miss. Tickets can be purchased here.
BOYS LIKE GIRLS ON TOUR:
8/27 — Louisville, KY — Mercury Ballroom
9/3 — Tucson, AZ — The Rialto Theatre
9/11 — Spokane, WA — Spokane County Interstate Fair*
10/3 — North Kansas City, MO — VooDoo Lounge at Harrah’s Kansas City
10/18 — Las Vegas, NV — When We Were Young*
10/19 — Las Vegas, NV — When We Were Young*
11/16 — Orlando, FL — Warped Tour*
*FESTIVAL DATES
WITH THE JONAS BROTHERS:
8/23 — Boston, MA — Fenway Park
8/24 — Saratoga Springs, NY — Broadview Stage at SPAC
8/26 — Tinley Park, IL — Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre
8/28 — Detroit, MI — Little Caesars Arena
8/30 — Rogers, AR — Walmart AMP
8/31 — Dallas, TX — Dos Equis Pavilion
9/4 — Chula Vista, CA — North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
9/6 — Los Angeles, CA — Intuit Dome
9/13 — Salt Lake City, UT — Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre
9/18 — Vancouver, BC — Rogers Arena
9/20 — Portland, OR — Moda Center
9/22 — Seattle, WA — Climate Pledge Arena
9/25 — San Francisco, CA — Chase Center
9/26 — Sacramento, CA — Golden 1 Center
9/27 — Anaheim, CA — Honda Center
9/28 — Phoenix, AZ — PHX Arena
9/30 — Albuquerque, NM — Isleta Amphitheater
10/2 — Denver, CO — Ball Arena
10/5 — Des Moines, IA — Wells Fargo Arena
10/6 — Omaha, NE — CHI Health Center
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